Still a lot of potential for improvement!

Here was my old VCR to the spirit, so I unfortunately could not wait for more reviews.
Had actually on devices with hybrid tuner hoped (analog + digital), but unfortunately so far no such provider in the program,
I can not quite understand.
+ Positive
- Negative
+ Live caching:
Current TV is always cut (when viewed via 717 or a TV with Smart-Link owns) ==> sleep is no longer a problem.
==> Operation: - not really intuitive, often you have to learn by trial and error

- Writings as newline, the window frame is too small too small and unreadable in part.
- Display of Reel speed is missing
- Zoom only when playing
- !! Response to remote commands very slowly !!, but but the device stores all commands.
If you're impatient and repeated the command, or you want to cancel the last command,
the device can go into a loop, which you then have to wait.
==> HDD: + cutting passages are hidden in the original and really cut only in one copy.
+ Very good slow motion
- Auto-chaptering - apparently no longer exists in defiance of statement on the website of Sony (although is still so, but no longer has the original function as in the 710 below), was replaced by 6 and 15 min. Within a certain tolerance, he sets the brands geringfüg intelligent than pure timestamps. : -. ((Was actually the main reason I opt for Sony An automatic skipping or simple Herauschneiden of advertising is certainly not (more) possible?.

- Turn off the Live caches impossible
- Separation between live and hard disk cache at the beginning very confusing confusing because hardly explains. Programmed consignments are released for processing by the standby mode after finishing the live cache example.

- Would take only global setting the recording quality, thus it is not possible program you want to record to DVD with a different quality than the programs you look after clearing it.
- Remaining memory indication is missing
- Missing Chase Play (1.5 times the speed of sound)
- Reserving of recordings for deletion when space is lacking
- Adjust the quality when space is lacking.

==> Picture and Sound: - The TV image seems oversaturated color that you unfortunately can hardly compensate for the TV.
+ Recording quality in the SP mode is very good (60h)

==> EPG and programming: just in Standardimplemetierung, characterized many Unzulänigkeiten:
+ Name of the sequence or information about the program are usually stored with
- Display of EPG not available when switching, only with "Display", the name of the act appears "in small font". Broadcast.
- VPS not automatically (Why is not something transmitted with the guide data coinciding with?)
- No independent Searching for a program (eg: wants to take today for example, eight (wechslende start times) one always has to be programmed individually for each day it
- Frequency of recording only 1x, Mon-Fri and weekly.
Why no details of that day (every 7 days individually selectable) or at least not "daily (Mon-Sun)" and "Di-SA" for shipments to 0.00 clock? This unnecessarily consumes one additional program positions (25).
- Not all channels (eg: BR-alpha and "The Fourth" and many digital channels are missing)
- Stations unsortable
- Localization by postal code does not work (get SWR BW instead SWR RP) - The best would be both because by Digitalreciever also be received
- Control an external recievers, works for me not so great as the protection of minors Code of Premiere always brings him to stumble and thus unusable.
==> Thus quasi only as TV newspaper (partly) & Show-View-usable spare

==> Manual: - FAQ (Appendix p.180) and Manual (p.102) contradict each bezgl the DVD media for recording.
- Umlauts wrong (eg per thousand characters instead of ä) in Quick Start Guide and the title is truncated
- Instructions going to the advertised features (Auto Chaptering, Live caching) too little.
- All the dialogues of the recorder missing spits problems, thus one must first by guessing to figure out what is bothering him. Although the texts do sometimes a useful reference.
==> For Upgrader (of old Sony models): - DVD-R and DVD-RW disappeared as recording media
- HQ + mode is omitted, primarily not bad because of the image quality is not better than HQ, but allowed this mode earlier a recoding in a different quality when saving on DVD.
- Greatly deteriorated Auto Chaptering against RDR-HX910 and 710 (. SO See c't 16/05 p.59)
==> Conclusion: Very annoying is the sluggish remote control (or the sluggish recorder), you never know whether the command was successful or not, because the delays can ever be 10-20 sec..
If you impatient, the Rekoder can go into a loop, because all successful commands werden.Diese saved queue is processed unfortunately not intelligent (eg could be 3X on / power down, reduced to 1 time), but stubborn to order.
Particularly annoying is that has been castrated the Auto-chaptering of the old models. Would buy it again not necessarily. Of course, every hard disk recorders as compared to a VHS recorder is a top device, but is not this comparison fair.
Therefore only 3 stars.